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Kevin O’Leary Slammed for Saying He’d Back Former FTX CEO Again — Insists SBF Is a ‘Brilliant’…
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, says that he would again back Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former CEO of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX. “You can’t be serious,” many people told O’Leary,…
Robert Kiyosaki Says Bitcoin Isn’t the Problem — Calls Former FTX CEO the ‘Bernie Madoff of Crypto’
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says bitcoin is not the problem following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Kiyosaki believes that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is more like the…
SEC Enforcement Remains Focused on Crypto — Chair Gensler Says He’s ‘Impressed’ With Enforcement…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says its Enforcement Division “remains focused on the rapidly evolving crypto asset securities space.” The securities regulator filed 760 enforcement actions in total this fiscal…
Terra’s $2.8B Defense System — Luna Foundation Guard Audit Says Group Spent More Than 80,000 Bitcoin…
Months after the collapse of Terra’s U.S. dollar-pegged token UST, the organization created to protect the once-stable coin, the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), published an audit report audited by the New York-based consultancy company…
US House Committee to Investigate and Hold Bipartisan Hearing on FTX Collapse
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is planning to investigate the FTX collapse, according to a joint press release published by the committee’s chair Maxine Waters and representative Patrick McHenry. Furthermore, a congressional…
Relaunch of USAN — the Union of South American Nations — in Latam Profiles New Monetary Integration
A proposal for relaunching the currently defunct USAN, the Union of South American Nations, profiles a future monetary integration amongst the countries of the organization. The proposal, made by several former presidents of countries in…
FTX Collapse: African Crypto Industry Leaders’ Perspective and Advice to Regulators
The collapse of FTX and subsequent calls for tougher regulation by the likes of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren have increased the likelihood of regulators adopting even stricter crypto laws. In Africa, crypto industry participants warn of…
Cryptopunks Climb Past Bored Ape NFT Floor Values Amid Crypto Market Carnage
During the last five days, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stemming from the Cryptopunks NFT collection have surpassed Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs in terms of floor value. Statistics over the last ten days show the floor value of…
Ukraine’s Deputy Digital Minister Rejects ‘FTX-Democrats Narrative’
Claims that Ukraine has invested military aid into the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have been rebutted by a representative of the Ukrainian government. Speculation circulated on social media suggested such funds have been returning to the…
US Lawmaker Urges SEC to ‘Take Decisive Action’ to Regulate Crypto Industry — Plans to Examine…
U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to “take decisive action to put an end to the regulatory gray area in which the crypto industry has operated.” He added that he plans to…